2023 Best Communications Technology Colleges for Veterans in New York
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Tech” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 915 people earned their degree in communications technology, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communications technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $21,549 and had an average of $15,650 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 22 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,247 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the communications technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Tech” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Tech
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Tech”.
Top 1 Best Communications Technology Colleges for Veterans in New York
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Tech list. York is a medium-sized school located in Jamaica, New York that handed out 22 ’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.
York not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 71 of the 7,784 students enrolled at York College were GI Bill® students, of which 57 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,701. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at York]](/colleges/cuny-york-college/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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